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Facebook won't limit political ad targeting or stop false claims under new ad rules — But changes announced Thursday will allow users to exercise control over more of the ads they see. — Facebook on Thursday defied public calls to adopt significant limits on political advertising ahead …
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Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press:
Facebook again declines to limit political ad targeting — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook has decided not to limit how political ads can be targeted to specific groups of people, as its main digital-ad rival Google did in November to fight misinformation. Neither will it ban political ads outright, as Twitter did last October.
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook Says It Won't Back Down From Allowing Lies in Political Ads — The company was under intense pressure to adjust its policies. But in this presidential election year, no big changes are planned. — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Thursday that it would not make any major changes …
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NBC News:
‘Insulting and demeaning’: Two GOP lawmakers rip Trump administration after Iran briefing — “It was probably the worst briefing I've seen at least on a military issue in the nine years I've served” in the Senate, said GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. — WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on both sides …
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The Hill, The American Independent, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Alternet.org and Mediaite
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on Vote on War Powers Resolution
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Paul fires back at Graham over Iran criticism: ‘He insults the Constitution’
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Washington Post, JONATHAN TURLEY and Raw Story
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Angry GOP Senator Trashes ‘Insulting’ Trump Administration Briefing On Iran
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Common Dreams, The Gateway Pundit and HillReporter.com
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
GOP Sen. Mike Lee RAGES at ‘Insulting’ Military Briefing on Iran Crisis: ‘Probably the Worst’ I've Ever Seen
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Bernie emerges as growing threat to Biden — CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — When Bernie Sanders attacked Joe Biden recently, the former vice president dismissed his former Senate colleague with a contemptuous brush-off. — “You guys expect me to take Bernie's comments seriously?
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Bernie-Hillary echoes seen in Biden-Sanders primary fight — When Joe Biden was asked last week at an Iowa town hall if he was running a better campaign than Hillary Clinton had in 2016, it highlighted a question on the minds of some Democrats: Is Biden this cycle's Clinton?
Washington Post:
U.S. officials knew Iranian missiles were coming hours in advance — The Iranian missile strike on U.S. bases in Iraq on Tuesday was a calibrated event intended to cause minimal American casualties, give the Iranians a face-saving measure and provide an opportunity for both sides to step …
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CANNONFIRE, The National Interest and Fox News
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump Has a Bizarre Idea of Winning — Let's tally up the results of his efforts with Iran. — For now we seem to have averted an all-out shooting war between the United States and Iran. — Yet it's not over. The world is more dangerous than it was a week ago, and President Trump's exuberance suggests …
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Washington Post, Althouse, Raw Story and The Week
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump attempts to pin some blame for missile attacks on Obama, outraging Democrats
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MSNBC, The American Independent and Power Line
David Harsanyi / National Review:
Yes, Obama Helped Fund the Iranian Regime
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Washington Post, Washington Free Beacon, The White House, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Fox News and POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
Mnuchin seeks delay of proposed disclosure of Secret Service spending on presidential travel until after election — The Trump administration is seeking to delay a Democratic effort to require the Secret Service to disclose how much it spends protecting President Trump and his family when they travel …
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Raw Story, Slate, The Hill, The Week, POLITICUSUSA, CNN, Hullabaloo, Law & Crime and Talking Points Memo
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Pelosi is on the brink of sending the impeachment articles
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Wall Street Journal, Vox, Fox News and Raw Story
Scott Jennings / CNN:
McConnell just ate Pelosi and Schumer's lunch
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Instapundit, Issues & Insights, FiveThirtyEight and Politico
Henry Austin / NBC News:
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to ‘step back as senior members of the Royal Family’ — Royal couple say they will “work to become financially independent, while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen.” — LONDON — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle said Wednesday that they …
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Rebecca English / Daily Mail:
Harry and Meghan to step back as senior royals
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The Sun US, The Daily Beast, New York Times and The Week
New York Times:
The Mystery of Teen Vogue's Disappearing Facebook Article — The online magazine deleted a glowing story about Facebook after questions were raised about whether it was an ad. — On Wednesday, Teen Vogue published an article on Facebook's efforts to safeguard political speech.
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Mashable, Mediaite, The Hill and Teen Vogue, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
3 Hours From Alert to Attacks: Inside the Race to Protect U.S. Forces From Iran Strikes — Intelligence that foreshadowed the Iranian attack set off a tense, often confusing afternoon in the White House Situation Room. — WASHINGTON — The alert came to the White House shortly after 2 p.m. on Tuesday …
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Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Bros. Signs Deal for AI-Driven Film Management System (Exclusive) — The studio has made a pact with Cinelytic to use its project management system that was launched last year. — Resistance is futile. Warner Bros. has become the latest studio to publicly embrace artificial intelligence.
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The Verge
Washington Post:
White House wants to change environmental rules to speed up highway projects, pipelines and more — The White House is moving to exempt projects without significant federal funding from environmental reviews that have been required for 50 years, a major shift that would make it easier to build mines …
CNN:
How Ruth Bader Ginsburg is trying to check the conservative majority — Washington (CNN)Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in the liberal minority on the Supreme Court but has a way of steering the debate on a case. — Ginsburg spoke to CNN in a rare interview in her chambers this week.
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Reade Pickert / Yahoo Finance:
A Great Year for U.S. Jobs Is Also Likely to Be Worst Since 2011 — (Bloomberg) — Sign up here to receive the Davos Diary, a special daily newsletter that will run from Jan. 20-24. — It was both a great year for the U.S. jobs market, and the worst in almost a decade.
Sheila Bair / Washington Post:
I am a Republican, and I hope the Democrats pick a candidate I can vote for — Sheila Bair is the former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and has held senior appointments in four Republican and Democratic administrations. — Over the past 40 years — about as long as I've …
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The Hill and Politico, more at Techmeme »
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
6 million Democratic donors gave $1 billion in 2019 through ActBlue, officials say — Democratic small-dollar donors gave $1 billion through the online fundraising platform ActBlue in 2019, said Thursday, highlighting the explosion of online giving on the left heading into the presidential election year.
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Reuters:
Denied U.S. entry, Mexican cuts own throat on bridge over Rio Grande — MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican asylum-seeker slit his own throat on a bridge across the Rio Grande after being denied entry into the United States, two Mexican security officials said on Wednesday.
Washington Post:
GOP leaders spar over adding House members to Trump's impeachment defense team — A turf war over who should defend President Trump in a Senate impeachment trial is raging behind the scenes in Congress, as House Republicans push to join Trump's legal team — an idea that piques the president's interest …
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Raw Story
Suadad al-Salhy / Middle East Eye:
REVEALED: Iraqi armed factions not ready to strike US forces, commanders say — A top Hashd al-Shaabi commander has threatened retaliation against the US, but leaders of armed factions tell MEE they are in a state of chaos after assassinations — The Iranian-backed Iraqi armed factions are lost …
Madison Feller / ELLE:
Elizabeth Warren Wants You To Ditch That Guy, Get A Dog, And Vote To Tax The Wealthy — In an exclusive video with ELLE.com, Warren answers reader questions because—if you haven't heard—she has a plan for that. — If you've read any news about 2020 Democratic presidential candidate …
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BuzzFeed News:
Fox News Hosts Were Against A Ground War With Iran. Trump Listened. — Fox News personalities by and large supported President Donald Trump's confrontation with Iran over the past week. But between the lines, even the most ardent Trump supporters on Fox's opinion side like Sean Hannity stopped short …
Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:
Pete Buttigieg wins first endorsement from a black member of Congress — Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg received his first endorsement from a member of the Congressional Black Caucus on Thursday when former Maryland lieutenant governor Anthony G. Brown announced his support for the outgoing mayor of South Bend, Ind.
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